Definition of grayish
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: somewhat gray
2
of a color
: low in saturation
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Examples of grayish in a Sentence
the black stallion and white mare produced a grayish filly
Recent Examples of grayish from the Web
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The film’s inexplicably grayish palette doesn’t do the artist or the artwork any favors, and the action, which mostly takes place in Giacometti’s plaster sculpture-strewn studio, is stagey.
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When chemically stripped of these pigments, the feathers turned grayish-white.
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The collection includes three brand-new shades: Mink, a deep, grayish brown with purple undertones; Penelope, a warm, pinkish coral; and Bubble, a muted, cool-toned mauve.
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Debbie: The dining room has a dark gray blue feature wall with light grayish beige walls.
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Image Besides having pale skin because of leucism or albinism, animals can have a third condition, called isabellinism, that leaves them looking grayish-yellow
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The collection includes three brand-new shades: Mink, a deep, grayish brown with purple undertones
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Sherwood is a 6 feet 2 inch-tall, 200-pound white man with grayish brown hair and beard and blue eyes.
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This destroys the feather’s refractive structures, and the crimp reverts to the plain, grayish brown of any bird.
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First Known Use of grayish
1562
grayish Synonyms
Near Antonyms
ablaze, bright, deep, gay, rich;
colorful, motley, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, varicolored, variegated;
Related Words
achromatic, colorless, neutral;
dirty, dull, faded, sad, washed-out;
ashen, ashy, chalky, livid, mousy (or mousey), pale, palish, white, whitish;
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